The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2181
Waning Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3193
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 265.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.46° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.13° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.31° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.